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A 27-year-old Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen, beat American Fabiano Caruana in this year's World Chess Championship that ended on Wednesday.

A picture of an egg is now the most-liked image on Instagram. With more than 32 million likes, it dethroned last year's Kylie Jenner photo that garnered over 18 million likes.

The chancellor at the University of North Carolina announced that the rest of the Silent Sam Confederate monument is coming down. She then announced her resignation as chancellor.

A New York correctional facility in Brooklyn was without power and heat during one of the coldest snaps in the state's history — prompting protests to erupt over the jail's conditions.

Three protesters, including Fairness Campaign Leader Chris Hartman, were arrested Thursday morning at the Kentucky State Fair outside the Kentucky Farm…

The National Hockey League has announced its latest expansion team in Seattle. The new team is the league's second expansion in three years, on the heels of the NHL's success in Las Vegas.

Chris Campbell, host of WDET's The Progressive Underground, walks NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro through the history and sound of deep house music.

Jewish communities in the New York City area are on alert after a stabbing attack inside a rabbi's home left five people wounded. New York's governor called the attack an act of "domestic terrorism."

Film director Roman Polanski says he won't attend the French equivalent of the Academy Awards after outrage over his history of sexual abuse. He said the ceremony was turning into a "public lynching."

Chief Vicki Christiansen says the danger is now year-round, thanks to hazardous conditions in forests, rampant home development and the changing climate.